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Storage need not mean batteries – shifting existing heat and cooling could provide much of the flexibility we need. OpenEnergi's Chris Kimmett explains how existing capacity can be tapped and looks at the potential

Dublin-based renewable energy developer ­Gaelectric’s plan to develop a compressed air energy storage facility in Northern Ireland – only the third of its kind anywhere in the world – has been given a boost.

In the current market, with just above 8% penetration of intermittent renewables in the power mix and a low level of arbitrage on the power market, the commercial case for electricity storage in the UK is still relatively limited.

Technical issues at the Rough storage facility have forced Centrica Storage Ltd (CSL) to ask the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a steer on how it will approach changes in its operating regime, before it can inform the market what stor

Energy minister Lord Bourne has granted a development consent order for the Preesall underground gas storage project proposed by Halite Energy on the east side of the Wyre Estuary in Lancashire, which will be used to store and extract gas from loc

If small diesel and gas generators can stack up enough revenue streams to underpin investment, why can't storage, which may have even more services to offer? Janet Wood found that at this stage of development, the many options of storage make it more difficult to set out a clear investment case.